by Bryan Hendrickson Alma 56:47-48 47 Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by…
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Inspired Events: How A Negative Sunday School Experience Becomes a Beautiful Mormon Experience
By Kathryn Hueth (a proud mama dragon) The Sunday prior to Christmas 2013 will be forever remembered because of an experience we had at church. After returning home, having had time to calm down and share feelings with my family,…
Mormon Leader Says Speech is a Threat to Speech
By Thomas McAffee (also published at his blog http://thomasmcaffee.com/) It has become a theme of conservative religionists that there is a frightening new trend toward demonizing religious thought and expression and that this trend actually presents a significant threat to religious…
Is Increasing Acceptance of Same-Sex Marriage Really Linked to Moral Decline?
I remember quite a few years ago having a conversation with a gay man about marriage. I believe this must have been shortly after same-sex marriage became legal for the first time in Massachusetts. I spoke about Göran’s and my…
Identity or Attraction?
The central theme of the Circling the Wagons Conference held in Salt Lake in February of this year was relationship building. The focus of the conference was on developing a set of guiding principles or norms for people of differing…
An Open Letter to LDS Members and Priesthood Leaders
By Lance Irons (also published at his blog http://lanceirons.blogspot.com/) This is an open letter to all members and Priesthood Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This letter is about a Young Man that I know who is…
Prayer, Love, and Homosexuality
By Heather Longhurst (also published at her blog http://thepaintedpeacock.blogspot.com/) I have a lot of thoughts swirling around in my head that need to come out. And these thoughts are about what has become a highly sensitive and volatile issue in our…
Strengthening and Preserving the Family
Note: This is the first in a series of articles that will directly address upcoming 2014 Church curriculum lesson material that could unnecessarily lead to editorializing on homosexuality and same-sex marriage and be hurtful to members of our community. We…
Letting
Recently, I reconnected with an old friend from the ward I grew up in. He was a year ahead of me in the youth program. We are both gay. We began our conversation via Facebook messaging. But I sensed a…
Seeking God With All My Heart and Soul
In recent months, my daily personal scripture study has been from the Old Testament, specifically the Pentateuch. It’s a challenging read, if only because so much of it is a chronicle of God engaging in or commanding his followers to…